[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":80},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-dewul":3},{"id":4,"aboutLong":5,"age":6,"botId":7,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"dataHash":10,"dateModified":11,"elo":12,"extension":13,"faq":14,"favoriteQuote":24,"gender":25,"hello":26,"introduction":27,"isTrophy":28,"liveDate":29,"luckyCharm":30,"meta":31,"name":32,"occupation":33,"openingAxes":34,"openingsAnalysis":36,"playstyle":37,"playstyleSummary":41,"ratingHistory":42,"shortName":43,"similar":44,"stem":77,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":78,"__hash__":79},"bots/bots/dewul.json","Mathias Dewulf is a 27-year-old Brussels chocolatier who runs a small atelier on a side street near the Grand Place, tempering dark couverture and folding ganache for a handful of regulars. He learned the trade from an old Brussels maître and picked up chess during long afternoons spent waiting for ganache to set, gradually folding the game into the same patient rhythm as his work at the marble slab. On the board, Mathias plays at an estimated 3264 Elo, a super-grandmaster, engine-tier strength that places him beyond nearly every titled human and close to theoretically perfect play. His Belgian craftsman calm hides a ruthless precision, and pieces rarely escape once he begins to enrobe them. Opponents should expect long, suffocating games where every tempo is measured, every threat answered cleanly, and small inaccuracies are punished with the patience of a man who has all night.","27","dewul","Belgium","be","5146b78aae7915cc911a0076ccbac914af4e718cd98f6d342341e5bcbc924de5","2026-07-06",3264,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Mathias?","Mathias plays at an estimated 3264 Elo, placing him in super-grandmaster, engine-tier territory. At that level he plays close to theoretically perfect chess and beats nearly all titled human masters.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Mathias play?","Mathias has no fixed opening repertoire on file. He picks lines flexibly between solid and sharp, and between offbeat and mainline theory, choosing whatever keeps the position rich and the tension on the board.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"Can master-level players beat Mathias?","Beating Mathias is extremely difficult even for masters and grandmasters. At 3264 Elo he plays at engine strength, so a strong human can hope for a draw with a clean, careful game, but consistent wins against him would require near-perfect play across the entire game.","Good chocolate and good chess both need patience.","male","Bonjour, I am Mathias. Pull up a stool at the slab and we'll temper a quiet game together. I work slow, I watch the warm spots, and I like to see where your couverture sets before I pour. Allez, let's see what kind of batch we make tonight.","Mathias Dewulf runs a small chocolate atelier on a quiet side street near the Grand Place, where he tempers dark couverture and folds slow ganache for a handful of loyal regulars. He learned the craft from an old Brussels maître chocolatier and still keeps the same marble slab the man gave him. Chess came to him through long afternoons waiting for ganache to set, and he plays the way he works — patient, measured, and a little obsessive about timing.",false,"2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","A small worn brass tempering spatula his old maître gave him on his first solo batch.",{},"Mathias Dewulf","Brussels chocolatier",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},0.95,0.96,5,"Mathias plays sharply on the attack while keeping the position dense with tension, rarely trading down when a piece can stay on the slab and apply pressure instead. His repertoire sits squarely between solid and sharp, and between offbeat and mainline, so he picks lines by feel rather than dogma. Expect aggressive intent dressed up in quiet, measured moves, and very few simplifying exchanges offered for free.",[],"Mathias",{"sameStyle":45,"different":64},[46,52,58],{"botId":47,"name":48,"elo":49,"country":50,"countryCode":51,"category":40},"hagen","Eivind Hagen",3265,"Norway","no",{"botId":53,"name":54,"elo":55,"country":56,"countryCode":57,"category":40},"aRsYx","Arjun Sitar",3270,"India","in",{"botId":59,"name":60,"elo":61,"country":62,"countryCode":63,"category":40},"tQtjn","Polly Noework",3255,"Ireland","ie",[65,71],{"botId":66,"name":67,"elo":12,"country":68,"countryCode":69,"category":70},"HxZhB","Melody Passant","Austria","at",2,{"botId":72,"name":73,"elo":55,"country":74,"countryCode":75,"category":76},"salga","Inês Salgado","Portugal","pt",1,"bots/dewul","Mathias suits ambitious players from roughly 2200 Elo upward who want to test their calculation against engine-tier resistance, though curious club players below that band can learn plenty from watching a position slowly tighten. His aggressive, tension-keeping style especially rewards opponents who like to study how complications are sustained and how small weaknesses get punished move after move in long, technical games.","kL-5s7GoL-Rk5aW0Nu9IF3gQHMkK1-3Gh9yPcJbNAJo",1784583536613]